• All mental health inpatient areas have open visiting with no time restriction
  • All acute hospital inpatient areas have open visiting from 2pm - 7pm
  • All community hospitals have open visiting from 2pm - 4:30pm and 6pm - 7pm*
  • Women and children’s services (ward 15, ward 16, labour and Special Care Baby Unit) are adopting a person-centred approach led by the patient and family

*Visitors are asked not to visit community hospitals from 4:30pm - 6pm unless assisting a patient with their meal. 

In line with national guidance every patient can have two visitors at any one time. These visitors can be interchangeable meaning that a patient can choose to change who their visitors are if they wish (e.g. on Monday a patient’s sister and daughter could visit, then on Tuesday the patient’s sister and son could visit).

The two visitors may also be able to visit their loved one together (regardless of if they are from the same household) depending on the ward area and other contributing factors.

Some areas may be able to accommodate multiple visits per day with up to two visitors each time (e.g. a patient’s mother and father could visit in the morning, followed by their husband and child in the afternoon).  

If you are visiting our sites, please follow the guidance below:

Do not visit our facilities if you have the following symptoms:

  • • Continuous cough
  • • High temperature, fever or chills
  • • Loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell
  • • Unexplained tiredness or lack of energy
  • • Muscle aches or pains that are not due to exercise
  • • Headache that's unusual or longer lasting than usual
  • • Sore throat, stuffy or runny nose
  • • Diarrhoea
  • • Feeling sick or being sick
  • • New rash or skin condition
  • Do not visit our facilities if you have had symptoms of diarrhoea or vomiting in the previous 48 hours
  • Wear a face mask, if you are able to, in our facilities at all times
  • Ensure that you have had all of your Covid-19 vaccinations
  • Make use of the Lateral Flow Device (LFD) Covid-19 testing offer which is available to anyone in Scotland who is attending a hospital or care home
  • Follow any instructions given to you by signage or members of staff

Please note that restrictions may vary depending on circumstances – for example if there is a Covid-19 outbreak then restrictions in a particular ward or area may be necessary.